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townie
noun town·ie \ˈtau̇-nē\
: a person who lives in a town or city
: a person who lives in a town that has a college or university but does not work at or attend the school
plural townies
Full Definition of TOWNIE
: townsman; especially : a permanent inhabitant of a town as distinguished from a member of another group (as the academic community)
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Variants of TOWNIE
town·ie or towny \ˈtau̇-nē\
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First Known Use of TOWNIE
1852
Related to TOWNIE
- Synonyms
- local, localite, native (or towny), year-rounder
- Antonyms
- noncitizen
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